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City agree £30m fee with Swansea for Bony
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
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Think it's going to turn out as a brilliant signing. proven goalscorer, whose goals could very well fire them to the title, and in that case nobody will give a flying feck if they overpay by 5-10m.
He's a very very good player.
He's a very very good player.
He's a cracking player.
What is this all about?
Van Persie I'd guess.
You're not wrong.
Bebe
I think you could have signed him in the summer, this guys obv not happy you didn't
I still can't help thinking that is a fecking lot of cash for Bony, but City got what they wanted.
£30mIt is
Will the £30 million spent restrict their summer activity, with FFP in place?
That's a lot of millions.
Can see another Scott Sinclair situation, Bony will disappear
He's a good purchase considering City's concerns over their strikers' fitness, but what happens when they're all fit?
While I can see them offsetting some of the outlay with sales, who can they sell to get anywhere near the £30m? Any rumours of Barca/Real/Bayern looking at Aguero/Silva?
Be interesting to see how this impacts them later on with regards to FFP.
While I can see them offsetting some of the outlay with sales, who can they sell to get anywhere near the £30m? Any rumours of Barca/Real/Bayern looking at Aguero/Silva?
Be interesting to see how this impacts them later on with regards to FFP.
We paid about £30M for Herrera, stop overreacting.
Decent move, Bony should get some game time as Aguero is so injury prone.
Price is a bit too high but they're probably thinking of offloading Negredo/Jovetic.
Price is a bit too high but they're probably thinking of offloading Negredo/Jovetic.
How will they fit him into the CL squad? Or are UEFA going to let them have no homegrown player(your supposed to have 4 but UEFA let them away with 1!) and they can swap Bony for Boyata?
What's the latest on Lampard? Is he going back to the States any time soon? I guess they could just put Bony in his place if that's the case.
Indeed. we overpayed for practically every single player this summer apart from maybe Blind, Bony is a quality player who guarantees goals.
Yep, he might not even be in our first team when Fellaini comes back (another player we obviously overpayed on). Shaw and Di Maria were hardly bargains either.
Nah, Lampard's at City for the rest of the season.
A lot of people slagging off the fee because its City but he is the top scorer for 2014 in the league. They now have both 1 & 2. You can't argue with those figures.
I think he'll score plenty. ..sadly
I think he'll score plenty. ..sadly
Proven PL player and he'd be an upgrade on Dzeko and Jovetic. They've got money to burn and if he helps them beat Chelsea for the title surely his pricetag is warranted. After all, we dropped 24M on 29 year old RVP.
More a sticky plaster than a long term fix.
Hopefully this will hamper their summer budget.
Hopefully this will hamper their summer budget.
He'll be sold in the summer
Good move if it goes through, but I just don't see the logic when it concerns FFP and UEFA home grown rules. They seem to be overpaying, plus it puts them more in a hole for FFP, while limiting their options for the CL squad as well. Short term thinking here, while at least our buys of Herrera et al were mostly long term.
Gotta figure they have to jettison a few more $$ players, like Dzeko, Jovetic, and Negredo, with buyers probably getting them at discount, since they know they HAVE to sell to get in good graces with FFP.
Gotta figure they have to jettison a few more $$ players, like Dzeko, Jovetic, and Negredo, with buyers probably getting them at discount, since they know they HAVE to sell to get in good graces with FFP.
We met a release clause for a player who plays in a position we sorely lacked a first team quality player for years within. They're signing a striker when they've already got 3. Not that this has any relevance, it doesn't make the fact they're paying huge money any less of an extortion.
Exactly. We're not exactly in a position to laugh at them for paying over the odds. Though, the only advantage we have is that we have more flexibility in terms of FFP.
i don't see how this makes any difference to them
It's like before when they were signing players left right and center, they don't seem to understand that it doesn't matter how many players you have you are not going to win every single game.
They don't need forwards, they have plenty there's only so many of them you can play.
It's like before when they were signing players left right and center, they don't seem to understand that it doesn't matter how many players you have you are not going to win every single game.
They don't need forwards, they have plenty there's only so many of them you can play.
This news will surely fill their stadium!
He's costing them a lot more than Sinclair and he's a much better footballer. He'll get many more chances than Sinclair was given and he'll be a much better signing than him I reckon.
Crazy how 30mil is a normal amount these days.
Watch him go for less than half when sold. Been great in 2014 but they'll discard when appropriate.
Think its a little too much for him though, but having said that £30 million in nearly the starting price for very good players now a days. It should stop them from spending in the Summer though, I'll have that.
Well, you already have two good backups for that, 30 million for another backup is stupid. Either sign another world class player that will improve your first XI or stop filling squad with players you don't really need. Actually I am glad you're doing that, I would be delighted if you "reach your ffp limit" with signing players like Bony.
Dzeko signed new contract just few months ago if I am not wrong, so I doubt he is going.
It's an interesting signing that I'm quite happy to see us make - the news didn't make me jump around with excitement granted, but he's exactly what we need - with a PL goal scoring record to back it up (I'm surprised to hear he scored the most PL goals in the 2014 calendar year). For those arguing the case, he's definitely better than Dzeko, who is poor at most things, and excels in none. I feel that Dzeko will make way in summer, and this signing allows that.
There's a few sniggers at the £30m price tag, assuming that's accurate it's not the worst deal by any stretch - at £25m people would probably see much better value, what's £5m between friends! (I say this after just watching a programme where people pay £280k a WEEK to holiday on Richard Branson's Necher Island...). As a side point, it shows the club feel the latest accounts and growing revenue trend are enough to surpass FFP comfortably, which is a bonus.
There's a few sniggers at the £30m price tag, assuming that's accurate it's not the worst deal by any stretch - at £25m people would probably see much better value, what's £5m between friends! (I say this after just watching a programme where people pay £280k a WEEK to holiday on Richard Branson's Necher Island...). As a side point, it shows the club feel the latest accounts and growing revenue trend are enough to surpass FFP comfortably, which is a bonus.
This is all seems to be happening rather easily.
Swansea parting with their star player without so much of a whimper.
If this was us, we'd have a back and forth with chairmen declaring 'over my dead body' etc before we finally paid a stupid fee on the 31st even though he's injured.
Or maybe that's all happened. I dunno. I haven't really been following it.
Swansea parting with their star player without so much of a whimper.
If this was us, we'd have a back and forth with chairmen declaring 'over my dead body' etc before we finally paid a stupid fee on the 31st even though he's injured.
Or maybe that's all happened. I dunno. I haven't really been following it.
Nah, they'll probably sell James Milner to Real Madrid for £120 Million
and go on a big spree with the remaining £90 Million.you never really know. A couple windows back, I forget the player, he signed with either City or Chelsea, and going by when stories hit the press, it all seemed to happen so quickly. There had been almost zero talk about the transfer up until about 24 to 48 hrs before it was announced. Then the player gave an interview and said that the club had started negotiating for him 5 or so months prior. So you never really know what is going on behind the scenes.